Frommini- +‎me, later popularised by the name of a character in the comedy spy filmAustin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999).

• (UK)IPA^(key): /ˈmɪnimiː/

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mini-me (pluralmini-mes)

1. (chiefly humorous) A person who is aminiature, but otherwiseidentical,version of a particular person.
   • 1999, Tony Karon,Time, (headline), 9 Aug 1999:

     Now Boris Yeltsin Has His Own 'Mini-Me'.

   • 2005, Sue Richardson, Margot R. Prior,No Time to Lose: The Wellbeing of Australia's Children‎^[1],→ISBN, page71:

     One motive for procreating is to 'reproduce yourself'—to create a 'mini-me'.

   • 2011, Thomas Penn,Winter King, Penguin, published2012, page324:

     The latest in the production line of ruthless royal officials, Edward Belknap was cut from Dudley's cloth, a ‘mini-me’ of the most obnoxious variety.

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